Land tenure security: Revisiting and refining the concept for Sub-Saharan Africa's rural poor

Simbizi, Marie Christine Dushimyimana; Bennett, Rohan; Zevenbergen, J.A.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.08.006

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“…Although the basic economic logic between land tenure and land use is clear, the empirical evidence is inconclusive. The impacts of increased land tenure security have been investigated for years (see reviews by Robinson et al [70]; Sjaastad et al [71]; Kabubo-Mariara [72], Maxwell and Wiebe [24]), which can be classified into (i) impacts on access to credit, farm investment, and yield [26,73]; (ii) impacts on land distribution and transfer [33,74]; (iii) impacts on resource conservation [2,15,70,75,76]; and (iv) impacts on food security [23]. However, the major focus has been on investment and productivity [74].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the explanations put forth for low adoption rates is insecure land tenure regimes [21,22]. The relationship between land tenure and economic development has deserved special attention by scholars and policy makers as farmland is the main source of livelihoods for the majority of farmers in developing countries [23,24]. Economic theory has long suggested that increased tenure security, classically defined in terms of private ownership, will lead to increased soil productivity [25,26], and provide an incentive for farmers in developing countries to improve soil fertility [27,28].…”

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Does Land Tenure Security Promote Manure Use by Farm Households in Vietnam?

Nguyen

Bauer²,

Grote

2016

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Abstract:Facing widespread poverty and land degradation, Vietnam started a land reform in 1993 as part of its renovation policy package known as "Doi Moi". This paper examines the impacts of improved land tenure security, via this land reform, on manure use by farm households. As manure potentially improves soil fertility by adding organic matter and nutrients to the soil surface, it might contribute to improving soil productive capacity and reversing land degradation. Random effect regression models are applied to a panel dataset of 133 farm households in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam collected in 1993Vietnam collected in , 1998Vietnam collected in , and 2006. The results confirm that land tenure security has positive effects on manure use, but the levels of influence differ depending on whether the land has been privatized or whether the land title has already been issued. In addition, manure use is also influenced by the number of cattle and pigs, the education level and ethnicity of household heads, farm land size and non-farm income. The findings suggest that speeding up land privatization and titling, encouraging cattle and pig rearing, and improving education would promote manure use in farm production. However, careful interpretation of our research findings is required as land privatization, together with economic growth and population pressure, might lead to overuse of farm inputs.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Does Land Tenure Security Promote Manure Use by Farm Households in Vietnam?

Nguyen

Bauer²,

Grote

2016

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“…However, in many of these countries, there still exists a dearth of credible land rights records [2]. Underlying causes are often political, legal, economic, and social-however, technology can also impede development: selected tools and designed procedures are often anachronistic or lack alignment with the context where they are applied.…”

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Quantifying the Overlap between Cadastral and Visual Boundaries: A Case Study from Vanuatu

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Cadastres are argued as an essential tool to support land tenure security. Low cadastral coverage in developing countries creates a driver for innovative methods to expedite the mapping processes. As a human construct, the morphology of parcel boundaries is a diverse and complex topic: there are limited generalized rules for identifying, describing, and classifying them. This paper studies both the institutional and spatial aspects of cadastral boundaries, in order to provide more contemporary knowledge about the morphology of cadastral boundaries. This study inspects the relationship between topographic objects and general boundaries in the case context of Port Vila, Vanuatu. Statistical analysis reveals that under a dialectical error tolerance, large percentages of cadastral boundaries coincide with topographic objects. Specifically, in dense urban regions, road edges and building walls coincide with the majority of cadastral boundaries, with proportions of 49% and 35%, respectively. In suburban regions, the fence (25%), instead of buildings, plays an important role in marking a parcel border. The landscape is observed to have significant impact on parcel morphology. Therefore, constructing a map based on automatic or semi-automatic identification and classification of these features could significantly contribute to cadastral mapping in developing countries.

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“…A conceptual model design process follows (c.f. Simbizi et al (2014) and White et al (2009)). Testing of the model is conducted thereafter.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The systems approach has been frequently applied in land administration, cadastre, land registration and land tenure analyses (c.f. Zevenbergen (2002), Rakai (2005) and Simbizi et al (2014)). …”

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Urban cadastres for urban land governance

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Land tenure security: Revisiting and refining the concept for Sub-Saharan Africa's rural poor

Cited by 96 publications

References 52 publications

Does Land Tenure Security Promote Manure Use by Farm Households in Vietnam?

Does Land Tenure Security Promote Manure Use by Farm Households in Vietnam?

Quantifying the Overlap between Cadastral and Visual Boundaries: A Case Study from Vanuatu

Urban cadastres for urban land governance

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